BSEC Configuration Settings ULP, ULP Plus, LP, 3s, 300s clarification

Hi,

I need a clarification on how the library and sensor behave according to the choosen configuration.

Integration guide 2019-03-29:

The maximum allowed time between two bsec_sensor_control calls.
• 3s supports the ULP plus feature for the ULP mode
• 300s allows the system to sleep for 300s for the ULP mode in order minimize the power consumption of the
system, but does not support the ULP plus feature

Configuration I would like is:

* A COV acquisition every 5 minutes with low energy consumption (ULP?)
* A temperature/humidity acquisition at any moment (another thread call every minutes for example or button)
* 3.3V power supply
* 4days history

So I should use generic_33v_300s_4d or generic_33v_3s_4d?

If I believe what's written, I should use generic_33v_3s_4d since "3s supports the ULP plus feature for the ULP mode" so I can use ULP mode and make measurement every minutes with another thread with ULP_Plus.

Nevertheless, by choosing generic_33v_3s_4d, should the loop sleeps for 300s or 3s? If the loop sleeps only 3s, it means that my CPU will be waken up every 3s instead of every 300s?

My waiting behaviour is that, the loop sleeps 300s then triggers a measurement of all sensors AND whenever I want, I can use ULP_plus to trigger a new measurement during the 300s loop's nap.

Thanks!

Due to the way the BSEC library is designed, it is mandatory to call the library every 3s if you want to benefit from the ULP+ feature. Also note that the ULP+ feature is expected to be used sporadically, therefore there is limit of one measurement per minute enforced even to the ULP+ feature.

If you would need your MCU to sleep for the whole 300s period of ULP mode, you would need to use the strict ULP mode without ULP+ feature.

Alternatively it is possible to subscribe to the gas outputs in ULP mode (300s sampling period), while subscribing to temperature/pressure/humidity outputs in LP mode (3s sampling period). That way would still need to wake-up your CPU every 3s, but you would benefit from the faster sampling rate of temperature/humidity outputs, while maintaining the lower current consumption of the gas sensor from ULP mode.